Records created or collected by the Department in carrying out its responsibilities to supervise the public utilities operating in the city of New Orleans and to supervise contracts for supplying street lighting services to the city.

The Street Lighting Program Records include correspondence and lighting plans for subdivisions, streets, and public buildings and monuments. Also included is one folder of letters received by the Department from private citizens and businesses expressing thanks for specific lighting problems solved by the Department.

The Transit Rate Increase Records include copies of the applications along with such additional material as transcripts of public hearings, reports to the Department, correspondence, and testimony and other documentation in support of and in opposition to the increases requested. These records include fare increase requests by both New Orleans Public Service, Inc. on the East Bank of the River and Westside Transit for the Algiers side.

The Underground Wiring Project Records include correspondence, reports, regulations, etc., relating mainly to the subject of the institution of electrical wiring in new subdivisions. In addition to general information on the subject there is also a file dealing specifically with the Tall Timbers section of Algiers.